Smart temperature-controlled beverage cupholder

A method for controlling a cupholder temperature control system comprising:

• detecting an object within a cupholder;
• determining a current temperature of the object;
• detecting, by an optical sensor, a quick response (QR) code on the object in response to a detection of the object within the cupholder;
• estimating a type of object and a contents of the object in response to the current temperature of the object and the QR code;
• retrieving a heating instruction in response to the contents of the object;
• generating a control signal in response to the current temperature of the object and the heating instruction;
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• activating a heat transfer system to perform a heating function on the object within the cupholder in response to the control signal.

A cupholder temperature control system comprising;

• a pressure sensor for detecting an object within a cupholder;
• a temperature sensor for detecting a current object temperature of the object;
• an optical sensor for capturing an image of the object;
• a processor in operable communication with the pressure sensor, the optical sensor, and the temperature sensor, the processor configured to perform an image recognition algorithm to detect a quick response (QR) code on the object, to determine the object is a beverage container in response to a detection of the quick response code, to estimate a contents of the object in response to the current object temperature and the QR code, retrieve a heating instruction in response to the contents of the object, to generate a control signal in response to the current object temperature differing from an ambient temperature by a threshold amount m the heating instructions, and the object being a beverage container;
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• a heat transfer system in operable communication with the processor and configured to perform a heating function on the object to maintain the current object temperature of the object in response to the control signal.